Has David Brooks Switched Parties?

This is a sensible article by David Brooks.  He is concerned that we no longer have the institutions that are necessary to put out the "fires" that we regularly face in our global society.  We used to have such institutions in business and in government.  We gave them up at the urging of his favorite political party.  David provided a megaphone for the party that told us the small was good and big was bad;  it also told us that decentralized creativity was better than central planning.  I wonder if David is aware of his apparent about face?